Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It'll be just as quiet when I leave.

Last post of 2008. This year, things changed. I lost someone I loved very much. I was threatened with my worst fear. I prayed for time to stop, but was reminded that life is a one-way street. Wherever it takes you, whichever path you choose, you can't go back. So somehow, you live, learn and love.

When things are bad, one tends to forget the good. But I did learn alot in 2008. School was different, and inspiring. I had a -wait for it- happiest birthday celebration. I found shoulders to lean on. I spent valuable time with my family. I revisted old friendships.

Hoping for a better year ahead. And the best for all of you, my friends. May 2009 be kind to us.

CG1+2.

i had a memorable time in school this year, and a large part of that goes to these people. making the days less dreary and more fun... and building valuable friendships. from cg2 - nat, ben, dennis, xiaoxuan, wenyang, zongxian, joel. from cg1 - em, joel, suri, krithikaa, deepa, shanyong, mirriam, junjie. take care guys. will miss y'all.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Being on the other side.

It's harsh that having more time to study means more time to think about things.

It has been a year since, and it is hard to live your life not knowing what is the next step. God has been kind, for he has given us something truly precious and important - time. Yet I find it hard to accept that everything happens for a reason, that he has all this planned out. I suppose it would be simpler and more consoling to believe that. I suppose it does not matter.

Every day now, I pray for more time. To create more of our own memories. To be our own miracle despite the odds.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Thursday, December 18, 2008

ENT.

has been fun!

i think it's an interesting (and rather ingenious) mix of medicine and surgery. besides that, the surgeries can be described as almost artistic. third surgical posting i have not felt too sleepy in the OT.

一针见血. ben and i volunteer ourselves for the SPT.

and now that school is coming to a close, i think i'll miss the fish bee-hoon at kent ridge kopitiam.

sleepy and ENT test is tomorrow. and it's our last day as CG2 (and adopted sister CG1.) time for the family shots!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

One of the first intubation sets.

Fell-O'Dwyer apparatus, made of nickel-plated steel with three steel and two vulcanite heads. During the 1880s, American George Fell devised an apparatus for forced artificial respiration through an opening cut in the trachea. Soon after 1887, Joseph O'Dwyer combined this with his own method of intubating the larynx. Air from a foot bellows was passed into the lungs via tubes whose graduated end pieces were introduced in the larynx. He developed this apparatus in order to prevent diptheria patients from suffocating due to the growth of a false membrane over the larynx which occurs in severe cases of the disease.

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someone who did something for both infectious diseases and anaesthesia. awesome!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

happy glowy times.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

time of year.

another holiday season spent slogging at the books. life is such. well if i get through this year i'll expect next december to be many times the stress level with the big MBBS looming near. or in medical terms, stressful +++.

looking forward to electives season next year- exploring my interests!

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

the wizard and the garden gnome.

that could be the title of a new fantasy series.

anyway newspaper reports in life today reminded me of how i want to escape to a cape one day, where the waves crash in the sea... somehow, i would have ample time at my disposal and be able to relax there for a month or so.

some wiki-education: A headland (cape) is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A large headland may also be called a peninsula. Long, narrow and high headlands may be called promontories. When headlands significantly affect the ocean currents they are often called capes.

The opposite to a headland is a bay which is a body of water surrounded by land on three sides.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

blobfish!

The Blobfish inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania. Due to the inaccessibility of its habitat, it’s rarely seen by humans.

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the Blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; which allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The relative lack of muscle is not a disadvantage as it primarily swallows edible matter that floats by in front it.